Ecomaps (drawing-based assessments of social networks) were administered to primary school-aged children in order to ascertain whether Ecomaps might be useful in universal screening. Participants included 61 children (40.9% female) aged six to ten...

This study examines the relationship between parental personal mastery, parents' depressive symptoms and children's internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors. Respondents in this study included 282 four- year old children randomly sampled...

The present study examined the relationships between anxiety, cognitive functioning, weak central coherence, and social skills in a group of 102 children diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD; Autistic disorder,
Asperger's disorder, and...

Louisiana. Department of Social Services. Office of Community Services--Periodicals.; Family services--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Child welfare--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Family policy--Louisiana--Periodicals.; HW 30.1: CFS/

Parent-child conversations in science museums may support children's interest and understanding of science. Researchers have been investigating programs to optimize parental guidance and deepen families' scientific exploration in museums. Inquiry...

A large body of evidence suggests that short inter-pregnancy intervals negatively impact birth outcomes; however, relatively little is known about the extent to which these impacts persist beyond birth or affect children's post-natal growth and...

Background: Despite the contraceptive prevalence of 67.4% in Morocco, one woman out of 10 has unmet need for birth spacing or limiting and, only one woman out of two is using modern contraception. Although, Moroccan national family program [FP] was...

Louisiana. Department of Social Services. Office of Community Services--Periodicals.; Family services--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Child welfare--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Family policy--Louisiana--Periodicals.; HW 30.1: CFS/

Louisiana. Department of Social Services. Office of Community Services--Periodicals.; Family services--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Child welfare--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Family policy--Louisiana--Periodicals.; HW 30.1: CFS/

This study investigated potential ways in which student-reported stress and support levels, represented by the Ecomap stress-support index (SSI), could inform school-based universal screening efforts. Participants included 260 students in grades K...

Louisiana. Department of Social Services. Office of Community Services--Periodicals.; Family services--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Child welfare--Louisiana--Periodicals.; Family policy--Louisiana--Periodicals.; HW 30.1: CFS/

Knowledge about how body parts are configured is crucial in determining appropriate strategies for achieving desired goals. Prior work suggests that this knowledge is evident in later infancy (Brownell et al., 2010; Slaughter et al., 2004),...